Whist trying to increase the text size of my taskbar clock (QuanX-Who theme) I came across this forum post
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/IceWM
where it was noted that only when copying Xft fonts into the default theme allowed font changes to be made. Which proved to be true in my case.(nice big clock now)
The change seems to date from 2003. I've looked at other themes and they don't have the font section.
So I'm a bit confused with whats correct. I know it worked in my case. but whats the correct way of setting theme fonts for IceWM in Puppy 4.1

Im a total newbie with puppy. I have installed puppy 4.1 and installed Ezpup 4, but how do i change theme? Where can i find icewm settings?

In order to change themes after installing EZpup, you need to use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to exit to a command line and then type:

Code:

xwin icewm-session

That will start the IceWM window manager. Go menu>settings>themes to click on your new theme. Then choose menu>Window Manager>Restart IceWM to see the change.

IceWM settings are controlled by the preferences and prefoverride files in /root/.icewm directory (hidden. click on the eye icon in your toolbar to view hidden files).

In EZpup I have included tronkel's basic IceWM Configuration utility - menu>Xdesktop>IceWM Configuration - for some of the simpler settings. The rest involve manual edits to the preferences files as mentioned.

You might also consider a visit to the EZpup Help page of the wiki for more detailed advice.

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I know it worked in my case. but whats the correct way of setting theme fonts for IceWM in Puppy 4.1

Theme fonts get overridden by the size assignments in /root/.icewm/prefoverride file, so that may explain why changing the default.theme file may have no effect in some cases. I'll look up the Xft issue and see what that's about. Thanks for the link.

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Hi, i have installed EZpup4 but i have lost some things on my taskbar.
I had a look through the preferences file but cant find it.

I am using a laptop and used to have the remaining battery as a percentage in the bottom right hand corner but now i dont.

I also had the amount of remaining hdd space and a better looking cpu chart, are these recoverable?

The battery meter is in JWM, the original window manager. I'm pretty sure that ttuuxxx or someone has made an IceWM version that you can add. Use Puppy Google Search to find it.

As for your CPU chart, the settings for that are controlled by /root/.icewm/preferences. You can check the settings in /root/.jwmrc_tray for the colour combination you liked and then transfer those to IceWM's preferences or prefoverride. You will find the correct syntax in the IceWM Manual.

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The numbers are the hex equivalent so you can specify almost any colour combination you like. Those entered above should give you the colour combination you want BUT you may not want it in your new theme. It may be better to go with a transparent background for example. Use Menu>Graphic>ColorExplorer to find a combination that suits.

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